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Uneasy over Barnes & Noble’s surprise return to Bryn Mawr, Main Line bookstore owners unite, plan ‘give back’ week to local causes

March 3, 2025 / By Caroline O'Halloran / /

The Main Line’s independent bookstores have surmounted a sea of challenges: Amazon, e-books, the pandemic.

But then, out of nowhere, a tidal wave: Barnes & Noble crashed ashore in Bryn Mawr on Feb. 12,  returning to the very same building it had left 18 years ago.

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: barnes & noble, bookstores, Bryn Mawr, Character Development Books & Toys, Children's Book World, independent bookstores, indie main line, main line bookstores, Main Point Books, Narberth Bookshop

(re)Turning the page? Barnes & Noble is coming back to Bryn Mawr. Just don’t expect a carbon copy.

November 18, 2024 / By Caroline O'Halloran / /

Barnes & Noble is getting a do-over. Eighteen years after it closed, the bookstore chain is reopening in the same building.

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: barnes & noble, bookstores, Bryn Mawr, Main Line retail, new retail

Tug of war over Stoneleigh’s ‘sister’; Fired up to dine at Hook and Ladder; Hot new Ardmore spots; Next act for TV’s Jeff Devlin; What’s missing from Main Line MONOPOLY; Homecooked & more

October 26, 2022 / By Caroline O'Halloran / /

The chorus to save Oakwell – Stoneleigh’s Villanova “sister” – from school district buzzsaws is practically deafening.

And we’re not just talking about cars honking for picketers outside Lower Merion School District’s Ardmore offices each Friday.

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Ardmore, Berwyn, Bryn Mawr, historic preservation, Lower Merion School District, oakwell, Suburban Square, Tredyffrin-Easttown School District, Villanova

Remembering Radnor’s Heidi Diskin: a life of caring, cut short by depression. Plus, Paoli’s billboard battle, Target fever, Kindred Collective Bryn Mawr, Ardmore murder news, Retail roundup, Etcetera & more

October 11, 2018 / By Caroline O'Halloran / /

On Sept. 7, three days after her sons started the new school year at Radnor Elementary, Heidi Diskin ended her life.

She was 44.

We share this with you because Heidi would want us to.

“One hundred percent, she would want her story told,” said her husband, J.D., in a phone interview. “My hope is that what happened to Heidi can be a teachable moment. As terrible as this situation is, it’s an even worse tragedy if it doesn’t help others.”

To family and close friends, Heidi’s suicide was a sucker punch – a heart-wrenching coda to 20 years of pain.

To those less close, it seemed, well, inexplicable.

Because Heidi had made mental health advocacy and suicide prevention her life’s work. She’d started a brain health foundation, she’d spoken to countless groups, she’d even hosted a cable TV show about mental health. How could Heidi Diskin – of all people – have succumbed herself?

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Filed Under: BUZZ, EAT, PLAY, SHOP, STYLE, Uncategorized Tagged With: Anthropologie, Ardmore murder, Bill Claypool, bipolar, Blue Gene Gala, Blue Octagon, Blue Octagon Too, Brigid Stasen, Bryn Mawr, Campli PHotography, Carla Zambelli, Catalyst Outdoor Advertising, CCC Sale, Center for Social Impact, Christina Carlin-Kraft, Circe, Clockworks, Community Clothes Charity, Dan Maxwell, depression, Devon Target, Devon Yard, digital billboards, DMAX Foundation, Eaves, Eaves Townhouse, Etcetera, Finneran Pavilion, flower walls, Haverford College polling place, Heidi Diskin, J.D. Diskin, Jordan PIncus, Kindred Collective, King of Prussia mall, Krissa Wichsser, Louella Boutique, Madeline Miller, Malvern Prep, Minding Your Mind, model murder, Nicol Floral Design, Nicol Segel, North Italia, Paoli billboard, Parlour, Parlour Ice Cream Ardmore, Pattye Benson, Radnor Fireworks, Radnor suicide, Revivalist Gin, Robin Halpern, Skinny Pizza Paoli, spotted lanternfly, suicide, surrey services, Target, Tredyffrin billboard, Tredyffrin Township, True Food Kitchen, Ventnor movie theater, Villanova, Wayne Target, William claypool

Generation Vape: Why Juuling’s not cool; Horse Show’s huge move; Grim find at Philly CC; Fusion upends education in Ardmore & Malvern; Plus, new Grove 1.2.1 & Avery Graham Aesthetics; White Horse Design & more

September 20, 2018 / By Lisa and Caroline / /

Summer’s over and kids are back in school – reading, writing, and, increasingly, juuling.

Some are vaping right under our noses – on school buses, in cafeterias, bathrooms and bedrooms – using slick little Juul devices that look like harmless flash drives but are anything but.

Indeed, juuling is turning unsuspecting Main Line teens into nicotine addicts – one surreptitious, sweet-flavored puff at a time.

Seems even the “smart” kids are doing it.

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Filed Under: BODY & SOUL, BUZZ, EAT, Uncategorized Tagged With: alternative schools, ARCH, Arrowroot, Avery Graham, Avery Graham Aesthetics, Beth Cardarelli, Blue Gene Gala, boutiques, Bryn Mawr, Catherine Layne, Devon Horse Show, Dishman Springs, DMAX Foundation, Elmwood Park Zoo, Felicia Layne, Fighting Back Scholarship Fund, florists, Fusion, Fusion Academy, Grove 1.2.1, Harold Sweetman, Hedgerow Theatre, home decor, interior design, Jane McNeil, Jenkins Arboretum, Jennifer on the Avenue, Juuling, Juuls, Kilwins, Lax Fest, Main Line interior design, Minding Your Mind, Mrs. Marty's, Norristown, Pennsylvania Distilling Company, Peter Kienzle, Robertson's, Sandy Edelstein, Vaping, White Horse Fabric & Design

Multi-family housing boomlet in Tredyffrin? Big plans for Swedesford & Chesterbrook; New Village Play Space & a destination playground; Wins for Willows & Stoneleigh; Brain Fog; All-new Sporting Club & more

June 28, 2018 / By Caroline O'Halloran / /

Holy Lazarus! A long-stagnant stretch of Tredyffrin has a pulse.

The owner of Swedesford Plaza wants to bulldoze the old HH Gregg and build luxury apartments in its place – 250 of them.
After approaching umpteen stores, fitness chains, health systems and grocers for its two empty anchors, Echo Realty is throwing in the retail towel on one of them. In partnership with Bozzuto, Echo plans to build a four-story, 250-unit apartment building at the old HH Gregg site, a permitted use under zoning code.

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Filed Under: BODY & SOUL, BUZZ, EAT, PLAY, Uncategorized Tagged With: Alex's Lemonade Stand, Berwyn, Bozzuto, Brain Fog, Bryn Mawr, Buck Buchanan, Burger Brawl, Campli PHotography, Chesterbrook, Chesterbrook Civic Association, Chris Mullen, Christine Shirley Sewing & Design, Clubs2Classrooms, David Campli, David Ludin, Day Spa by Zsuzsanna, Dina Previti, East Goshen Park, ECHO Realty, Freddy Martino, Golf Galaxy, Grady Finn, Green Bridge Development, Guilianna The Brave, Handels Ice Cream, Handwork Studio. What Am I Drinking, heroin addiction, Heroin overdose, HH Gregg, historic preservation, Indigo 301, King of Prussia Town Center, Leonard Haas, Main Line spas, Malvern Stroll, MaryBeth Heilmann, Mullen Interiors, Natural Lands, neuroblastoma, Pathmark, pet cemeteries, Picket Post, Picket Post Swim & Tennis Club, playgrounds, Radnor Township, Ripplewood Whiskey and Craft, Sara Martino, SAVVY events, spas, Stardust, Stoneleigh, Swedesford Plaza, swim clubs, Team SAVVY, The Laurels, Tredyffrin, Tredyffrin Library, Village Play Space, Villanova, Warren Claytor, Wayne, West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Willows Mansion, Willows Park, Willows Park Preserve, wine education, wine studio, Zoet Bathletier

Rock on! Wayne’s new music hall; ANEU to Rosemont; Wayne murder/suicide & jailhouse death; Mt. Joy; Eagles’ ‘Case for Smiles’ and more

February 8, 2018 / By Caroline O'Halloran / /

Great balls of fire! Wayne’s about to get what Ardmore’s had for years: its own live music hall.

118 North will open on N. Wayne Avenue Feb. 15, adding a touch of Austin/Nashville to our fair town.

To which we say: Rock it to us.

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Filed Under: BODY & SOUL, BUZZ, EAT, PLAY, Uncategorized Tagged With: 118 North, Academy Ball, Academy of Music, Aneu Catering and Events, Aneu Kitchen & Juicery, anne hamilton, Ardmore Music Hall, Arthur Phllips, At the Table, Bill Golderer, BodyX, Bryn Mawr, Bryn Mawr Mainliners, Center for Families, Cindy Kerr, Colonial Theatre, Conan, Conestoga, Conestoga sexual abuse, Gryphon Cafe, Haverford, healthy food, Kenny Kearns, la colombe, Main Line music venues, Mainliners chorus, Mary Foote, Mary Nixon, Matt Quinn, McGillicuddy's, Meridith Coyle, Merin Cricket, Mt. Joy, Natural Lands Trust, New Leaf Club, Philadelphia Eagles, Radnor police, Rosemont, RugbyRaod, Ryan's Case for Smiles, Sam Cooper, Stoneleigh, Super Bowl, Tredyfrin-Easttown School District, United Way, Villanova, Wayne, Wayne murder-suicide, Wayne Music Festival

New Year, New Hotspots ahead: Marbles 2.0, Imbibe. Plus, KOP Mall’s radical plan; Singing star nails it in Ardmore; Stoga grad grabs national headlines & more

January 11, 2018 / By Caroline O'Halloran / /

Well, whaddayaknow? Marbles is rolling back to Bryn Mawr.

Fifteen years after the Main Line mainstay near the movie theater went dark, it’s being resurrected – same spot, same owners, same tin ceiling.

The building’s been owned all along by local restaurateurs, George, Michel, Joseph Wakim and their sister, Fadia Wakim Abi-Khattar, who also own Aldar Bistro and Murray’s in Bala and Evviva in Narberth.

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Antoinette's, Benj Pasek, Bryn Mawr, bus, Emily's Entourage, Fusion GPS, Glenn Simpson, Imbibe, King of Prussia mall, LaBelle Nail Bar, Le Saigon, Lisa borowski, Main Line restaurants, Marbles, OurBus, Paoli Shopping Center, Patti LaBelle, Radnor Board of Commissioners, Radnor rail bridge accidents, Restore Cryosauna, Sean Weinberg, Steele Dossier, Stella Blu, Studio H Color and Design Group, Wakim

Ex-Stoga aide admits student sexual assaults; New Bryn Mawr BYOB; Fresh ‘Canvas’ for downsizing boomers; Teegarden dogs; Our Closet; Mister Sprinkle & more

November 30, 2017 / By Caroline O'Halloran / /

Guilty as charged. A former teacher’s aide has admitted to the repeated sexual assault of a Conestoga sophomore – in his school office, his car and her bedroom – during the 2016-2017 school year.

After pleading not guilty at his April arraignment, Arthur Phillips changed his plea to guilty last Tuesday and was sentenced to 10 to 20 years in state prison.

If Phillips had been younger, Chester County Judge Patrick Carmody said he wouldn’t have accepted the plea deal. “You’re 67, Do you understand that you may never leave jail, that this might be a life sentence?” he asked the defendant.

Phillips said quietly that he understood.

The judge was clearly disgusted by Phillips’ crimes.

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Filed Under: BODY & SOUL, BUZZ, EAT, PLAY, SOUL, Uncategorized Tagged With: 76ers, a cappella group, Academy Ball, Arthur Phillips, Bryn Mawr, Bryn Mawr Hospital, Bryn Mawr Mainliners, Canvas Valley Forge, Charles Hallinan, Choice BYOB, Christmas cookies, Conestoga High School, Conestoga lawsuit, Conestoga soccer, Devon Horse Show, holiday gifts, King of Prussia Town Center, loan shark, Main Line dining, Mike Shelly, Mister Sprinkle, Saxbys, Teegarden dog park, Teegarden Park, Tredyffrin dog park, Tredyffrin Winter Rec, Wentworth Gallery, Winterfest

Devon Yard beckons brides & mitzvahs; Saving sex-trafficked girls; Flamingos trending; Shopping scoops; A SAVVY Save the Date & more

September 21, 2017 / By Caroline O'Halloran / /

The dirt is flying and the bulldozers are busy at the old Waterloo Gardens, now a bustling construction site for Devon Yard.

Good thing, too.

Because URBN is already booking weddings and mitzvahs – from Sept. 1, 2018 onward – at the Yard’s splashy event venue, Terrain Gardens.

Never mind that the project took more than four years to get OK’d; URBN’s confident it can have the whole shebang up and running in less than 12 months.

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Filed Under: BODY & SOUL, BUZZ, EAT, STYLE, Uncategorized Tagged With: Anthropologie, Autograph Brasserie, Bryn Mawr, Bryn Mawr Village, Center for Self-Care, Devon, Devon Yard, Egg by Susan Lazar, event venues, Events, Flocking for Florida, Greg Seltzer, human trafficking, Hurricane Irma, hurricane relief, Josh Gansky, Main Line retail, Philly Music Fest, sex trafficking, sexual exploitation, Susan Ingram Weidemann, Terrain, Terrain Garden Cafe, Terrain Gardens, Trattoria Amis, Tredyffrin, Tredyffrin Historic Preservation Trust, Tredyffrin House Tour, URBN, Walk Her Home, Waterloo Gardens, Wayne, wedding venues

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